Elderly farm hand killed in Wyoming County

GAINESVILLE – An 86-year-old man was fatally struck by a farm truck on School Road while harvesting potatoes on the Marquart Farms this afternoon.The crash occurred shortly before 1:30 p.m. Gainesville firefighters and a Monroe Ambulance crew responded to a 911 call but the victim, whose name has not yet been released, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Wyoming County corner.Warsaw-based troopers said the investigation into the fatal crash is continuing.